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SUPERB book!

A really excellent volume, as you would expect from Schiffer. A comprehensive visual aid that will suit both model makers and historians alike, it details all unit markings, rudder markings etc. with an easy to used system of photos, colour drawings and maps. This is volume 4 in a series. One of the best, and easiest to use volumes on WWII US Air Force Unit Markings available today.

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Volume IV of the Battle Colours series concludes the examination of U.S.A.A.F. combat insignia and aircraft tactical markings in the European Theatre during WWII. Covered within this work are the Ninth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth AAFs from the first to last combat operations by U.S. air power in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. These operations were extensive and covered territory extending from the sands of North Africa to the heartland of Germany, and from the shores of French Morocco to the oil fields of Romania. Combat units covered include both Day and Night fighters, Bombers, Troop Transports, and Reconnaissance and Special Operations groups/squadrons.

All combat units assigned or attached to either of the three AAFs are covered within this work, utilising over 1,123 full colour illustrations and wartime photos. These depict every currently known AAF group/squadron insignia belonging to the Air Forces being examined. Included are both official and unofficial combat insignia, in addition to many designs that were superseded by later images. Wartime photos showing common applications of these unit insignia are interspersed throughout the text.

Aircraft tactical markings are depicted via original full colour illustrations, showing full and close-up profiles in addition to upper elevation views when appropriate.

All known Theatre airfield assignment locations and dates are detailed with colour area maps included within each respective units section, and are all fully indexed for ease of reference in the back of the book. Reader-friendly \"Group Markings\" and \"Group/Squadron Code\" visual indexes are also included to assist research into specific AAF units.

Additional topics addressed include the evolution of U.S. AAC/AAF national markings, combat mission markings, and basis airframe nomenclature.

Those familiar with Volume III of this series (which deals exclusively with the Ninth U.S.A.A.F.) may wonder initially whether the inclusion of the Ninth in this current work is a rehash of material covered in Volume III. It is not! Volume IV deals with the same subject matter, but at an earlier period of the Ninth AAFs deployment in the MTO, prior to redeployment of this unit to the UK, from which point Volume III picks up.

Next in the Battle Colours series (Volume V) will shift focus to the Pacific Theatre of Operations. This work will examine the insignia and tactical markings of the Fifth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Thirteenth U.S.A.A.F.s.

Here’s an Amazon customer review (2010) which gives the book 4/5: The words are NOT my own and are for descriptive purposes only.

This book has a capsule history of the units operating in the Mediterranean Theatre. It breaks down the aircraft markings unit by unit with coloured aircraft profiles, squadron insignias, and a few vintage photos. It does try to pack a lot of information in just a few pages per unit. Support groups and transports are not as well covered as the combat groups. With the formation of the 12th and 15th Air Forces many of the groups found their missions changing and their markings also were revised. Their supply chain had them getting equipment after the 8th and 9th Air Forces. Escort groups persisted with Spitfires and hand me down P-38s long after they should have transitioned to P-51s. I found this a useful reference for modelling purposes.

141 page hardcover published 2009

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